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Director:

Jag Mundhra

Writers:

Carl Austin (writer)
Rahila Gupta (writer)

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Release Date:

6 April 2007 (UK) more

Genre:

Drama more

Tagline:

In prison she found freedom more

Plot:

It's the true story of a Punjabi woman named Kiranjit Ahluwalia who leaves India to marry a London-based guy, only to be badly abused. She ends up in prison for murdering her abusive husband. full summary | add synopsis

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Changed to ‘Chase’
 (From RealBollywood. 2 July 2009, 9:49 PM, PDT)

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 (From BollywoodWorld. 19 April 2009, 11:59 PM, PDT)

User Comments:

lots of potential that wasn't met more (18 total)


Cast

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Aishwarya Rai ... Kiranjit Ahluwalia

Miranda Richardson ... Veronica Scott

Naveen Andrews ... Deepak Ahluwalia

Ray Panthaki ... Ravi
Nandita Das ... Radha Dalal

Robbie Coltrane ... Lord Edward Foster
Raji James ... Solicitor Anil Gupta
Leena Dhingra ... Sheela Ahluwalia
Claire Louise Amias ... Young Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wendy Albiston ... Guard Miller
John Alford ... Chris Jones - Legal Aid Solicitor
Freya Berry ... Dr. Emma Stillman
Lorraine Bruce ... Doreen
Ashwani Chopra ... News Vendor

Karen Shenaz David ... Asha (as Karen David)
Maxine Finch ... Lula

Nicholas Irons ... Police Constable James O'Connell
Judith Jacob ... Guard Tyler
Shaheen Khan ... Jamila
Steve McFadden ... DS Ron Meyers
Deborah Moore ... Jackie
Harpreet Singh Nandra ... Sandeep D. Ahluwalia

Rahul Nath ... Doctor
Raoul Pattra ... Rajeev D. Ahluwalia

Rebecca Pidgeon ... Miriam
Naila Raza ... Kiranjit's sister
Marsha Rice ... Mrs. Byron

Guy Siner ... Prosecutor

Christina Thornton ... Commander Kate Halloran
Julie T. Wallace ... Gladys
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Provoked (UK) (short title)
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Runtime:

113 min

Country:

UK | India

Language:

English | Punjabi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

This film was originally given an A-rating (Adults only, or the equivalent of an R-rating in India) by the censors. The director decided to cut out the "four letter word" and applied for re-censorship. The film was then given a U/A rating, equivalent to a PG-13. more


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7 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
lots of potential that wasn't met, 11 June 2007
5/10
Author: moon_shine_93 from Australia

this movie had a heap of potential...that wasn't met. the story in its self is a seller but its execution was pathetic. instead of feeling sorry for kiran and considering her actions revoulutionary i walked out thinking that this movie was promoting murder over telling someone e.g. police. i feel this may have had o do with the fact that ash as pretty as she is isn't capable of getting in the skin of a character and making you feel with the character. i walked out considering kiran a weak woman when she probably wasn't in reality. kiran was a Punjabi girl and she was going to be a lawyer, she was obviously educated and intelligent so why portray her as so backward ?? only one scene really portrayed the kind of person kiran was (the scene before he threw her down the stairs) she told him what she felt. the personality of that scene should have been carried through the entire movie...but it wasn't. 5/10 purely for the story & the little effort

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